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This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

This little brick tunnel built by Confederate forces was used to conduct surprise attacks on the railroad.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.

These figures float and flutter in this fountain crafted by famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.